Department: Customer Journey

Interview date: week commencing 24/05

Contract Duration: 18 months

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

You will be part of a high-profile, business critical, priority team transforming the platforms used by Citizens Advice volunteers to deliver remote advice to the public. This will involve replacing existing telephony and webchat platforms and introducing video chat capabilities to the network. Our phone service alone receives millions of calls from the public every year and is staffed by thousands of volunteers. The team is multi-disciplinary and involves staff from across the organisation. You will be working particularly closely with product managers, delivery managers, user researchers, user experience designers, service designers, data scientists and strategists. We work closely with colleagues in technology and data and operations.

You will provide business change management support to this transformation effort, which is expected to take up to 2.5 years and will involve discovering requirements, testing and procuring solutions and rolling out new technologies to thousands of volunteers across England and Wales. You will be responsible for ensuring that this significant body of change is delivered successfully. As well as bringing extensive change management experience, including knowledge of current methodologies and tools and their practical application, we are looking for someone with experience of working in a multidisciplinary team delivering high transactional digital products and platforms using agile methodology. You'll also have experience discovering training requirements and supporting the delivery of training programmes that meets those requirements. To be successful, you’ll need strong analytical and judgement skills and be adept at building effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.

The ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ is a 3-year program that aims to bring families and young people living with a disability across commonwealth communities in Birmingham to tell their life stories.  Through this programme we will explore the meaning of disability, diversity and inclusion from a community perspective and explore, challenge, share and develop perspectives on disability between and within commonwealth communities in Birmingham.

The post will be split between our Head Office in Staffordshire and field based work in inner-city Birmingham.  Typically, this will involve 4 days a week working in the community in Birmingham and 1 day a week at our Head office in Staffordshire, although this working pattern is subject to slight variation on occasion. 

Main Duties:

Project Management

• Consult, plan, recruit and organise in order to deliver over 120 disability led creative workshops; 52 workshops to explore skills creation and community action and 53 training sessions aimed at building able leadership skills for both disabled and abled community champions.
• Work in close partnership with our artistic delivery partner to co-manage the project deliverables in accordance with the “Spirit of 2012” funding agreement.
• Work with our community partner organisations, local community groups, other external organisations and service users in co-producing and developing the ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ programme of engagement, workshops and events.
• Secure appropriate venues and resources to deliver the project and negotiate to be within budget.
• Directing the promotional and marketing activity undertaken by the Caudwell Children Marketing and Communications Team.

Community Engagement

• Act as the central point of contact (the “face of the project”) with all participant families and volunteers, communicating workshops/performance information, resources required and resolving any access issues for participants. 
• Act as the central point of contact for community partner groups across commonwealth demographics within Birmingham.
• Raise awareness, identification and engagement of Caudwell Children and ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ through stalls, sessions, talks and community forums and any other events/festivals, in order to generate the appropriate level of beneficiary engagement and participation in the project.
• Gather data through consultation with community groups as defined in the project plan to implement long-term community action and development plans.
• Support young people and their families in exploring their understanding of culture, disability and context within Birmingham, including providing detailed summaries of participants needs in advance of the workshops.
• Work as an effective link with local stakeholders including local community groups, local authority departments and health providers to share insight and enable skills exchange.

Community Team/Volunteer Management

• Support the community partners to recruit appropriately skilled Community Assistants and co-ordinate their activities during workshops and performances.
• Work with the community partners to establish and provide any development and progression opportunities for the Community Assistants.
• Promote volunteering opportunities, working with local faith groups, schools and community organisations in order to generate the appropriate level of volunteer engagement and participation in the project.
• Support the Volunteer Team at Caudwell Children to recruit, on-board and train suitable volunteers for the ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ projects where needed.
• Oversee, assign roles, place and supervise volunteers and their involvement in activities in line with the project plan.

Project Specific Delivery

• Manage and run ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ events across Birmingham having a visible and active presence online/face to face, including creating/carrying out risk assessments and managing all safeguarding procedures.
• Provide 1-to-1 support throughout various sessions and ensuring that carers are able to manage behavioural or health needs.
• Working with the Community Assistants and the artistic delivery partner to create a framework of session plans to deliver non-music creative elements of the project.
• Reinforcement of a safeguarding awareness culture at every stage of the project plan and within every activity.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Provide the Leadership Team with current information regarding community engagement activities.
• Ensure that appropriate accurate records are kept and evaluation activities completed in line with the project reporting standards.
• Compile and complete all necessary data, statistics and case studies for quarterly reports from multiple databases in line with the Project Plan.
• Arranging monthly meetings with the management team and attending meetings as and when required.

This Job Description indicates only the main duties and responsibilities of the post and is not intended as an exhaustive list.  The post holder may be asked to carry out other duties from time to time.  The Charity reserves the right to amend this Job Description from time to time, according to business needs. 

Person Specification:

Essential Criteria

• Experience delivering community based engagement with a focus on inclusivity activities to defined outcomes and outputs.
• Experience working with and supporting volunteers.
• Experience of developing relationships with diverse multi-cultural community groups and stakeholders.
• Experience working with young people and families.
• Experience working with service users with multiple complex needs.
• Proven experience working on engagement and co-creation projects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Excellent IT skills e.g., Microsoft Office.
• Ability to engage people effectively in a one-to-one or group setting.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, written and communication skills, including working with a variety of audiences.
• Excellent co-ordination and organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise, plan and compete workloads with tight deadlines.
• Able and willing to travel between various sites, mainly in Birmingham and Staffordshire. 

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge of statutory, third sector and community services available to different communities in inner-city Birmingham.
• Experience of working in multiple inner-city Birmingham communities.
• Understanding of community and cultural challenges, tensions and experiences in commonwealth communities.
• Experience of working in the Charity/Third Sector/ SEND experience would be advantageous.
• Experience of working in CQC/ISO regulated organisations would also be advantageous.
• Some flexibility to meet the needs of the business may be required.
• A general knowledge of Health & Safety regulations would be advantageous.

Please note: the closing date for applications is the 14th May 2021.

• First stage Interviews are scheduled for the 21st May 2021.
• Second stage interviews are scheduled for the 26th May 2021.

Disclosure & Barring Service Checks:

The Charity is committed to safeguarding children and young people and therefore adopts a safer recruitment approach through a robust recruitment and selection process.  All posts within the Charity are subject to DBS checks, in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).  This role is eligible for an Enhanced with barred lists DBS check.

The successful candidate must be based in or near to Walsall, West Midlands

Fixed-term contract until February 2023

Full UK Driving Licence required

About our organisation

The Soil Association, formed in 1946, is the only UK charity which works across the spectrum of human health, the environment and animal welfare. That’s because we cannot tackle these issues in isolation. 

We campaign for change, we support farming innovation, we serve healthy food in communities, we support and grow the organic market and we protect forests. We couldn't do any of this without our supporters, partners, donors and dedicated staff. We make a difference in the world where it’s needed the most.

Food for Life (FFL) is an exciting and fast-growing programme that is about making good food the easy choice for everyone and reconnecting people with where their food comes from. We work with schools, nurseries, hospitals, care settings and whole cities, helping them raise food standards and build food knowledge and skills through a ‘whole setting approach’. Food for Life is a Soil Association programme.

About the opportunity

Walsall Council’s Public Health department have commissioned Soil Association Food for Life (FFL) to deliver a Food for Life Whole Settings approach to healthy eating in Walsall over three years. The aim is to work with early years and schools based on the Food for Life approach to good food across the borough. The programme will provide skills, knowledge and confidence to lead healthy food behaviours and practices across a range of people and organisations including early years and school staff, caterers, children and their families.

We are looking for a Local Programme Officer to support the existing local team (one Local Programme Manager and one Local Programme Officer) to deliver our programme. The programme aims to change the food environment and food culture of the target schools and early years settings in Walsall, with the goal of driving positive dietary change and maximising the health and wellbeing benefits of food. 

As one of two Local Programme Officers you will be part of an established team assisting in all aspects of programme delivery. You will be the key contact for engaging settings, including early years and primary schools, with responsibility for guiding settings through Food for Life activities to enable them to achieve an award or develop their food culture.

About you

To be effective as a Local Programme Officer, you will have experience of least one of the following organisations/settings: 

• early years/nurseries
• schools (preferably primary)
• food service and/or catering companies, preferably coordinating or delivering projects with a food and/or health focus. 

You will have great communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to create extensive links within the locality and ensure excellent communications with a wide range of stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds. You will understand safeguarding issues when working with children and vulnerable adults. In addition, you will need be well organised, self-motivated and have a passion for the aims and objectives of the Soil Association and Food for Life.

Commitment to Safeguarding

The Soil Association and FFL are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with. In accordance with this commitment we ensure that we follow a thorough and safe recruitment and selection process for all roles that work with children. This includes checking against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) where appropriate. Please note that if you are successful in your application to the role any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

To Apply

Visit our website to submit your application form. Please note we look at applications on arrival and reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

Please check your junk/spam folder if you do not receive a confirmation email upon submitting your application. Correspondence regarding your application will be sent through Hireful, our applicant tracking system, so please mark this as a safe sender. All candidates will subsequently receive an email from Hireful to confirm whether they have made it through to interview stage.

Please note we do not accept CVs or Cover Letters.

We know the value of diversity in nature and want it in our organisation. We recognize that diverse backgrounds and experiences will bring a fresh perspective to our work. If you're not sure about applying, please get in touch with us for a chat.

Thank you for your interest in supporting our work at the Soil Association.

The Board of Directors of NORTH WORCESTERSHIRE BASEMENT PROJECTS is inviting applications for a Chief Executive Officer to continue our work with young people 25 years and under, who are homeless, potentially homeless or in crisis and need support with housing and other related issues in Worcestershire.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate a proven ability to set up, develop and sustain projects, has experience in successfully managing a staff team and working to targets to deliver results. Someone who is self-motivated, and who is comfortable with a high degree of autonomy to develop the project through identifying opportunities, networking and working collaboratively with our partners.

The successful person must be knowledgeable about the issues and challenges young people face and ideally have previous knowledge and /or experience of working with and empowering young people to become independent. In return we offer a supportive and flexible work environment and an opportunity to shape and develop the project moving forward.

Pay scales are based on experience with ongoing professional development encouraged.

All successful applicants will be expected to complete an enhanced DBS check.

Salary: £32,500 - £37,500 depending on qualifications and experience

Full time: 35 hours per week

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Applications must be on an application form only – CVs will not be accepted.

Closing Date for applications: 12 noon on Wednesday 19 May 2021

Interviews will be held in the week beginning 7 June.

North Worcestershire Basement Projects is working towards Equal Opportunities and Diversity (or “recruits in line with our Equality and Diversity Policy”?)

Registered Charity Number: 1106209. Company Number: 5230659.

MEA are looking for a Team Leader to head our growing team of Energy Advisors in Shropshire and project manage some of our funded projects in this area. Possessing strong IT skills and a proven track record in project and line management, you will chair Team Meetings and ensure Advisors deliver against targets. Adaptable, you will be able to deliver training to staff and service users, and have an awareness of the links between health and housing needs. Previous experience in either the health or energy sector would be an advantage. An understanding of energy efficiency and the need to reduce carbon emissions is also desirable. For a full Job Description and Person Specification and details on the application process please visit MEA's website. 

Location: Flexible within England & Wales

Employment type: Maternity Cover

Department: Funded Programmes

Contract Duration: 31 March 2022

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

This role is part of a team with responsibility for coordinating and supporting delivering of Citizen Advice's largest funded service. Help to Claim is an exciting, fast paced and high profile programme that makes a difference to peoples' lives every single day. 

We are looking for someone with extensive programme management experience to join the leadership team of the Help to Claim programme. You'll work collaboratively with the large and dispersed team to ensure that the service is delivered to time, budget and quality. You'll lead on the governance and strategic planning of the programme and support the continuous development of the service and the team.With line management responsibility and a position on the leadership team, you will play a proactive role in creating a positive working environment in which equality and diversity are well managed and staff can do their best.

This role is maternity cover and can currently be offered on a fixed term basis until 31 March 2022 due to the programme's current funding agreement. There is the possibility of an extension to the fixed term contract if further funding is secured. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

An exciting opportunity for an Operations Director with excellent change management and leadership skills to join Coventry Citizens Advice (CCA) and ensure the effective delivery of free, independent advice services to the people of Coventry.

About the role

As Operations Director, you will play an instrumental role in the provision of a continuous high-quality service, ensuring that a ‘client first’ approach is always taken. You will be responsible for managing resources, developing effective service delivery mechanisms and maintaining a high standard of operational procedures in line with our membership and regulatory requirements. You will work closely with the Project Managers identifying operational risks and overseeing the management of their areas of responsibility.

An experienced manager, you will create a positive and supportive working environment in which equality and diversity are championed, dignity at work is upheld and staff are empowered and motivated to be as effective and agile as possible within their roles. You will be directly involved in the management of HR procedures as well as people and performance management and reviews.

About you

We are seeking an individual with exceptional leadership skills and an understanding and keen interest in CCA’s work, aims, principles and values. You will have demonstrable experience of change management in a complex organisation along with the ability to inspire a team with an open and honest approach.

A strong communicator and collaborator, you will maintain effective working relationships with existing and new partners, funders and networks and support the CEO in identifying relevant new contract opportunities and associated bid writing.

You will have demonstrable experience of budget and contract management as well as an understanding of the commissioning environment in national and local government.

About us

CCA is a progressive organisation that has been able to continually innovate and develop new services for over 80 years.

We embrace equality and diversity and encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. We have equality and diversity champions within the organisation and we are proud of our diverse workforce.

In the last 12 months during the pandemic, we have helped 8,749 people presenting with 28,956 issues and helped secure £7,298,409 financial gains which clients either did not know about or had not accessed before. The world has changed considerably and so have we. We have accelerated investment in our ICT infrastructure ensuring that our workforce can work flexibly and revised our service delivery model to ensure that we are flexible in the way we deliver our services and can effectively meet the changing needs of our clients.

Benefits

We offer a friendly working environment with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Work placed pension scheme
• Health & Wellbeing services provided through Occupational Health
• Fees paid for membership of relevant professional bodies
• Regular professional development

How to apply

If you’d like to find out more about this opportunity, please visit our website to download the recruitment pack and apply.

Closing date: 9:00am on 1st June 2021

Interviews will be held on the 16th June 2021.

About Reall

Reall is an innovator and investor in climate-smart affordable housing for people living on low incomes in urban Africa and Asia.

Reall’s purpose is to improve the lives of 100M people in urban Africa and Asia by 2030 through affordable housing.  We’re doing this because homes aren’t just a fundamental human right; they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean air, renewable energy, and socio-economic justice.

The Role

Reall is looking for an exceptional leader, collaborator, and facilitator to join its growing team in the role of Business Performance Manager.

Reporting to the Head of HR, this key role needs an adaptable and organised individual to bring innovation and impact to Reall’s Annual Operating Plan, leading on organisational integration, and working closely and strategically with the Leadership and Executive Teams, as well as with colleagues across the organisation, to raise performance standards and improve the management of business processes.

In addition, this role will also lead on the design and implementation of key strategic internal meetings, events, and away days, manage communication and engagement with colleagues, and drive efficiency across the organisation.

Full details are in the job description and person specification, that are available by clicking the link to apply for this role.

Why work at Reall?

With a modest UK-based team, Reall is an organisation driven by efficiency, with comparatively huge ambitions and a track record of significant success.

Our internal operations are underpinned by a culture of psychological safety, promoting trust, curiosity, and confidence.  This means that staff feel secure to speak their minds, tackle challenges creatively, and can never be described as risk adverse.  A committed investor in its staff, Reall promotes an environment of conscious diversity in all its forms.  You’ll be joining a high-performing, cohesive team with its sights firmly on global impact.

YOU MUST APPLY THROUGH THE MEDAILLE TRUST WEBSITE

MODERN SLAVERY LOCAL COORDINATOR

(MOVING ON PROJECT)

SALARY: £28,000 per annum (pro rata for part time)

HOURS: 30 hours per week

LOCATION: Across the Birmingham and West Midlands area

CONTRACT: Fixed Term Contract until June 2022 

As the Local Coordinator, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining effective referral routes, building external relationships and raising awareness, managing data gathering, and managing a small caseload of women with the most complex needs.

You will also be responsible for overseeing, leading, developing and supporting the delivery and coordination of services; supervision and development of Case Workers across your geographical area in line with the mission, vision and values of the Project.

Working closely with the Project Manager and Quality and Development Supervisor you will  ensure that all services are developed, delivered and improved in line with the vision and values of the Project and are carried out to a high standard.

You must have a relevant Management qualification such as Team Leading / Coaching / Mentoring with at least 3-5 years of experience in similar field.

This role is restricted for females under the Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 and is subject to satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service checks.

The ability to drive with a valid licence with use of own vehicle insured for business purposes is essential.

Closing date:

Monday, 24 May 2021 at 10:00am

Interview date:

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

For an application pack please visit our website.

• Applications close: 9am Wednesday 19 May 2021 (Please note that late applications cannot be accepted)
• Salary: £31,000 - £35,000p.a. (+ £3,000p.a. London Weighting if applicable) p.a
• Contract: Full-time, permanent
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week (please note that we are able to offer flexibility on working hours and are open to discussion with candidates),
• Location: London or Birmingham (with regular travel to London for meetings). Remote working initially until staff return to office-based working.
• Interviews: Week commencing 24th May (TBC)
• Start date: ASAP
• Function: Partnership Team
• Reporting to: Partnerships Director

About The Access Project

In the UK today, students from the most advantaged backgrounds are six times more likely to make it to a top university compared to their least advantaged peers. To change this, The Access Project supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university.

Our approach works: our students are more than twice as likely to place at top universities compared to similar peers.

Through the COVID crisis, we have remained student-focussed and continued our support by rapidly moving all provision online. In autumn 2020, we were selected as a Tuition Partner for the highly competitive National Tutoring Programme, in recognition of the quality of our work. This partnership has enabled us to expand and we now serve 1,700 students in London, the East and West Midlands and Bradford. As the country emerges from COVID, tackling educational disadvantage is an urgent social challenge - a challenge we aim to meet by expanding our footprint and reaching more students than ever before.

Why we need you

The Access Project has a growing number of partnerships with a number of universities built on shared strategic aims: universities’ desire to make their institutions more accessible to students from different socioeconomic backgrounds, and The Access Project’s commitment to helping bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds secure places at top universities. We want to work with more universities to deliver activity with young people in their target geographies, opening up opportunities for funding and broader support from universities.

This is a proactive role that will require the creation of new opportunities and ways of working. It will suit a self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude who enjoys establishing new relationships. The successful candidate will demonstrate good working knowledge of the higher education landscape and relevant policy areas.

Main duties and responsibilities

Strategy development

• Work with the Partnerships Director to implement and review our university partnerships strategy.

Proposal development

• Work with the Partnerships Director to develop university fundraising offers and proposals.

• Negotiate multi-year contracts with universities.

Lead generation and awareness raising

• Create new opportunities for university partnerships, establishing relationships with decision makers and using TAP's networks effectively.

• Raise TAP's presence in the Widening Participation and Access sector, working with our communications team to create and identify opportunities to raise our profile. This would include attending conferences, speaking at or arranging appropriate TAP speakers at conferences, and identifying sector awards that will add to our credentials.

• Work with the Partnerships Director and Communications team to create materials, both on and offline, that will reach and attract university widening participation audiences.

Account management and stewardship

• Work effectively across The Access Project to pool knowledge and connections to universities, consulting relevant stakeholders on decisions about funding and volunteering opportunities.

• Account manage a portfolio of university partnerships, ensuring excellent stewardship and reporting.

• Maintain a database of all our university partnerships and key project milestones.

Develop expertise

• Keep up to date with Higher Education and Widening Participation policy and landscape.

Cross-organisation contribution

• Model the tone and behavioural expectations of The Access Project amongst staff
• Manage significant cross-team projects
• Represent the charity externally with senior stakeholders

• Contribute to the achievement of the charity’s wider organisational goals
• Work collaboratively across regions as required

Person Specification – experience, skills and attributes

Essential

• Good knowledge of Widening Participation issues and higher education policy landscape.
• Entrepreneurial outlook.
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders within and outside of The Access Project.
• Influencing and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Passion for helping young people achieve their potential and TAP’s mission.
• Proven experience of success in fundraising or sales.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK for meetings.

Desirable

• Experience working in fundraising for a charity.
• Experience working in higher education.
• Experience of monitoring and reporting on impact.
• Experience of using Salesforce CRM.

For detailed information regarding this job opportunity, please see the following link below to our online application portal.

We believe people with autism and learning disabilities should have a meaningful say on the services that they use. We have a fantastic opportunity for an Expert by Experience (EbE) project worker to help people across Coventry and Warwickshire have their voices heard and change the systems and services that matter to them.

You'll work with a varied group of people experiencing learning disabilities and autism. You will help them to become more skilled and confident at putting their views across through digital and face to face training. Some EbE will get paid, so you will also help them manage their money, declare any earnings (if required) and assist with how this might impact any benefits they receive.

The post is 37hrs p/w for 12 months.

For more information, please download our application pack.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (FTE)
• Flexible working
• Free EAP
• Stakeholder pension scheme plus 8% employer contribution
• A friendly workplace with a strong culture of helping people uncover their potential

Closing date Wednesday 26th May, 12pm midday, interviews will likely be held on the week commencing 31st May.

Please be aware that we are looking at interviewing over Zoom for safety reasons.

About Reall

Reall is an innovator and investor in climate-smart affordable housing for people living on low incomes in urban Africa and Asia.

Reall’s purpose is to improve the lives of 100M people in urban Africa and Asia by 2030 through affordable housing.  We’re doing this because homes aren’t just a fundamental human right; they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean air, renewable energy, and socio-economic justice.

The Role

We need an experienced assurance professional who will work across Reall and with our partners, to support and deliver our structured programme of assurance work.

This role needs a strong and confident communicator, with high levels of financial literacy and excellent interpersonal, analytical, and organisational skills to join our growing team.

The main focus areas of this role are planning and implementing assurance visits to our projects in Africa and Asia, desk-top reviews, and internal process and audit reviews, as required, to ensure that programmes are delivering against agreed milestones, and all necessary information is recorded correctly for reporting and tracking purposes.

Full details are in the job description and person specification, which are available by clicking to apply for this role.

Why work at Reall?

With a modest UK-based team, Reall is an organisation driven by efficiency, with comparatively huge ambitions and a track record of significant success.

Our internal operations are underpinned by a culture of psychological safety, promoting trust, curiosity, and confidence.  This means that staff feel secure to speak their minds, tackle challenges creatively, and can never be described as risk adverse.  A committed investor in its staff, Reall promotes an environment of conscious diversity in all its forms.  You’ll be joining a high-performing, cohesive team with its sights firmly on global impact.

Band H, SCP 38-43 (£41,881 - £46,845 per annum) (£21.71 - £24.28 per hour)

Sandwell Council’s partnership with the voluntary and community sector is vital to delivering the ambitions of Vision 2030, and our grant programmes provide support to organisations in the local area to provide key activities and services to our communities.

The Voluntary Sector Support Team administers our multi-million-pound grant programme on behalf of commissioners across the council, ensuring the council’s funding is achieving value for money and contributing to our strategic priorities.

Following a council-wide review of voluntary and community sector grants, we are implementing new approaches to managing our grant programme that will provide higher level corporate oversight and decision making. This includes the introduction of a new Grant Management System to bring about more efficient processes to monitor and manage information.

Leading a small, highly-skilled team who are all currently home-based, this exciting role will ensure that we deliver an accessible and effective grants programme by providing advice, guidance and support to senior managers, commissioners and potential grant applicants, assessing grant applications and working with funded organisations to monitor and evaluate the impact of our grant making.

We are seeking a confident, outgoing, and enthusiastic individual with a tenacious approach to work to lead our Voluntary Sector Support Team and embed the changes required across the council and with our partner organisations.

You will have experience of working with the voluntary and community sector, administering grant programmes and successfully implementing change.

Key to this post is the ability to motivate and influence others at all levels through positive relationships, both internally and with external organisations in order to bring investment into our communities and achieve our vision for Sandwell of a thriving, optimistic and resilient community.

Please note the successful candidate will require a Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.

Recruitment Schedule

Closing date: Friday 14 May 2021

Interview Dates: Tuesday 25 May and Thursday 27 May 2021

Our values; Trust, Unity and Progress make us unique, they define how we do things and are reflected in the way we behave.  They are important to us, guiding and shaping our organisational culture.  Our values are key to us achieving Sandwell's Vision 2030 and also guide us when we recruit.

This advert will close as soon as sufficient applications are received. Therefore, you are strongly advised to complete and return your application as soon as possible. When completing your application please refer to the supporting documents attached.

SIFA Fireside is a leading charity in Birmingham that works with people who are homeless, vulnerably housed and disadvantaged. We are seeking two Project Workers to join our expanding team. You will be based at SIFA Fireside, where we offer a range of services including The Adult Support Hub, which focuses on supporting vulnerable adults to maintain their accommodation, avoid a crisis and access support services. You will have direct experience of supporting vulnerable people and an excellent understanding of the barriers that people with multiple and complex support needs face. SIFA Fireside is a values-driven organisation and it is essential that you can demonstrate your alignment with our values of courageous, supportive, dynamic and inclusive.

SIFA Fireside is committed to ensuring its staff team is reflective of the community we represent and we welcome applications from individuals who have lived experience of the issues our clients face.

For an informal discussion, please contact Sandra Roberts on 0121-7661700.

To further information and to apply please visit our website.